LIFERAFTS & OPEN LIFEBOATS

The topics covered include: The preparation and inflation of davit launched liferafts. Checking and boarding of davit launched liferafts. Lowering from within the liferaft.

Marine Evacuation systems, their deployment and boarding. Marin-Ark Marine Evacuation System, deployment and boarding. The throw over liferaft, its preparation, and inflation. The checking and boarding of throw over liferafts. The righting of capsized liferafts.

Techniques of recovering people from the water into liferafts. The open lifeboat, preparation including tricing, bowsing and securing the painter. Loading and lowering of open lifeboats.

Releasing of open lifeboats with on-load release gear. Actions to be taken in open lifeboats once away from the ship.